# US 10,770,105 B2 · Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer and magnetic tape device

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- Number: US 10,770,105 B2
- Document ID: US10770105B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/038,514
- Filed: 2018-07-18
- Published: 2019-01-24
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-19
- Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Inventors: Norihito Kasada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770105B2

## CPC

- G11B 5/70678: {Ferrites}
- G11B 5/70: on a base layer
- G11B 5/702: characterised by the bonding agent
- G11B 5/708: characterised by addition of non-magnetic particles to the layer
- G11B 5/735: characterised by the back layer {(magnetic recording media substrates G11B5/739)}
- H01F 1/113: in a bonding agent
- H01F 1/348: {Hexaferrites with decreased hardness or anisotropy, i.e. with increased permeability in the microwave (GHz) range, e.g. having a hexagonal crystallographic structure}
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

## Abstract

The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer, in which a total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 μm, the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, and a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, and a magnetic tape device including this magnetic tape.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A magnetic tape comprising:
a non-magnetic support;
a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and
a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer,
wherein a total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 μm,
the magnetic layer has a servo pattern,
the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder,
an intensity ratio Int(110)/Int(114) of a peak intensity Int(110) of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity Int(114) of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, and
a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The magnetic tape according to claim 1,
wherein the vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 0.90.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The magnetic tape according to claim 1,
wherein the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is 0.20 μm to 0.60 μm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The magnetic tape according to claim 2,
wherein the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is 0.20 μm to 0.60 μm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The magnetic tape according to claim 1, further comprising:
a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on a surface side of the non-magnetic support opposite to a surface side provided with the magnetic layer.

### Claim 6

A magnetic tape device comprising:
a magnetic tape, a magnetic head and a servo head,
wherein the magnetic tape is a magnetic tape comprising:
a non-magnetic support;
a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and
a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer,
wherein a total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 μm,
the magnetic layer has a servo pattern,
the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder,
an intensity ratio Int(110)/Int(114) of a peak intensity Int(110) of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity Int(114) of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, and
a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The magnetic tape device according to claim 6,
wherein the vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 0.90.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The magnetic tape device according to claim 6,
wherein the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is 0.20 μm to 0.60 μm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The magnetic tape device according to claim 7,
wherein the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is 0.20 μm to 0.60 μm.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The magnetic tape device according to claim 6,
wherein the magnetic tape further comprises a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on a surface side of the non-magnetic support opposite to a surface side provided with the magnetic layer.
